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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.

Jocko Willink

Generally, when a leader struggles, the root cause behind the problem is that the leader has leaned too far in one direction and steered off course. Awareness.
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Direction Leader Problem Struggle
Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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Time Trust
That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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Bad Goodness Issue
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Blame Ourselves
The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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Bad Fundamental Heart Important Leadership Team Truth
In the SEAL Teams, the bond of our brotherhood is our strongest weapon. If you take that away from us, we lose our most important quality as a team.
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Important Lose Quality Relationship Strong Team Weapon
Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Care Material
Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Control Decision Ourselves
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
The goal of leadership seems simple: to get people to do what they need to do to support the mission and the team.
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Friendship Goal Simplicity Support Team
So how can a leader become great if they lack the natural characteristics necessary to lead? The answer is simple: a good leader builds a great team that counterbalances their weaknesses.
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Greatness Leadership Necessary Simplicity Team Weakness
I had to take ownership of everything that went wrong. Despite the tremendous blow to my reputation and to my ego, it was the right thing to do—the only thing to do. I
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Myself Reputation Responsibility Right Time
A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Team Yourself
Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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Ability Action Decision Right Wait

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